Re: [PATCH] lib/string.c: fix a typo in comment: 'iff' -->'if'

From: YueHaibing
Date: Thu Jun 28 2018 - 23:45:11 EST




On 2018/6/29 11:35, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 06/28/2018 08:33 PM, YueHaibing wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> lib/string.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Hi,
>
> This isn't a typo. "iff" means "if and only if".

ok, my poor english, thank you.

>
>> diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
>> index 2c0900a..23ed944 100644
>> --- a/lib/string.c
>> +++ b/lib/string.c
>> @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strsep);
>> * @s1: one string
>> * @s2: another string
>> *
>> - * This routine returns true iff two strings are equal, treating both
>> + * This routine returns true if two strings are equal, treating both
>> * NUL and newline-then-NUL as equivalent string terminations. It's
>> * geared for use with sysfs input strings, which generally terminate
>> * with newlines but are compared against values without newlines.
>>
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